Elise Mertens and Lauren Davis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.
Elise Mertens -> 1.77
Lauren Davis -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Lauren Davis
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Lauren Davis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-20 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 5-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-25 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Elise got to the 2nd round after defeating Garbine Muguruza 3-6 7-63 6-1.
In the 1st round against Muguruza, Mertens recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 6-1). During the match, Mertens scored 96 points vs Muguruza’s 82. Elise was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mertens bagged 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 5 times. Furthermore, Mertens put 54% of her first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. Elise broke Muguruza 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Mertens has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (359-209). 2-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an overall 196-103 match record in the last years on hard.
The Belgian has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Lauren Davis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-14 | 3-6 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-17 | 5-6 | 5-7 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 16-11 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-25 | 14-12 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-21 | 8-11 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57, Davis got to the 2nd round after beating Danka Kovinic 1-6 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Kovinic, Lauren recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Davis scored 87 points vs Kovinic’s 85. Lauren was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Davis blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Lauren Davis lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Davis put 68% of her first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. Lauren broke Kovinic 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hobart where she defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final 7-6(0) 6-2.
Lauren has a compiled 9-1 win-loss record in 2023, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2016 and 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mertens | Davis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 |
| Pts | 96-82 | 87-85 |
| Total Points | 178 | 172 |
| Winners | 31 | 38 |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% |
Both Mertens and Davis played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Elise Mertens dropped 1 set, while Lauren Davis lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Davis have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Mertens played 3 games more than Davis. Mertens scored 31 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Lauren blasted 38 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mertens | Davis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 41/76 | 59/87 |
| %1st in | 54% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 38/59 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 10/28 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 36% |
Mertens managed to score 5 aces . Davis bagged 3 aces . Mertens won 76% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Davis won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mertens | Davis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 47% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Elise broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Belgian lost her serve 5 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Davis broke her opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Davis conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mertens | |||
| R1 Muguruza | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-82 | 96-82 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/76 | 41/76 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 14/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/5 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Davis | |||
| R1 Kovinic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 87-85 | 87-85 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/87 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 10/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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